[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 50 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4685. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee 
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. MAINTENANCE OF GRANTS AND REVERSAL OF GRANT 
                   TERMINATIONS FOR LOW-COST, CLEAN ENERGY.

       (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this 
     Act and notwithstanding section 200.340(a)(4) of title 2, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Energy, the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the 
     Secretary of Transportation may not terminate, in whole or in 
     part, a Federal award relating to clean energy technology (as 
     defined in section 10701 of the Research and Development, 
     Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19291)), require a 
     renegotiation or rescoping of such Federal award, or decide 
     not to fund a future budget period of such Federal award on 
     the basis that such Federal award no longer effectuates the 
     applicable program goals or agency priorities.
       (b) Reinstatement.--Any Federal award described in 
     subsection (a) that was terminated, renegotiated, rescoped, 
     or not progressed to future budget periods by the Secretary 
     of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, or the Secretary of Transportation after January 19, 
     2025, for no longer effectuating the program goals or agency 
     priorities, including pursuant to section 200.340(a)(4) of 
     title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be reinstated by 
     such agency or entity under its previous terms and 
     conditions.
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